This kit includes the cut leather pieces,Round brass finial and cast buckles needed to make a model 1857, .58 caliber U.S. cartridge box with the two piece body construction. This pattern box was designed for use with waist belt and/or shoulder strap suspension.
With this kit you can make a model 1857, .58 caliber U.S. cartridge box suitable for use throughout the war. This was the cartridge box in service at the outbreak of the war.